Dinosaurs / Periods / Jurassic
The Jurassic period
201.4 to 143.1 million years ago. 116 dinosaur genera in this collection.
The six longest Jurassic dinosaurs herewith a human for scale
1 m = 9.5 px
The world then
Pangaea splits into Laurasia in the north and Gondwana in the south, with the Atlantic beginning to open. Warm and fairly humid with no polar ice caps. Lush forests of conifers, cycads and ferns spread inland. High and rising, with shallow seas across Europe.
Epochs
- Early Jurassic: 201.4 to 174.7 Ma
- Middle Jurassic: 174.7 to 161.5 Ma
- Late Jurassic: 161.5 to 143.1 Ma
Key events
- Dinosaurs become the dominant land animals
- Giant sauropods and large predators such as Allosaurus appear
- Archaeopteryx, a feathered bird-like dinosaur, appears around 150 Ma
- Stegosaurs flourish in the Late Jurassic
See the Jurassic on the timeline or draw them all on the plate.
All 116 genera
- Abrictosaurus 1.1 m
- Abrosaurus 9.5 m
- Afrovenator 8 m
- Allosaurus 9.1 m
- Ammosaurus 2.3 m
- Amphicoelias 23 m
- Amygdalodon 14 m
- Anchiornis 0.4 m
- Anchisaurus 2.3 m
- Antetonitrus 9 m
- Apatosaurus 22 m
- Archaeopteryx 0.5 m
- Atlasaurus 15 m
- Australodocus 16 m
- Barapasaurus 13 m
- Barosaurus 26 m
- Bellusaurus 4.8 m
- Brachiosaurus 26 m
- Brontosaurus 22 m
- Callovosaurus 3 m
- Camarasaurus 19 m
- Camptosaurus 6 m
- Ceratosaurus 6.3 m
- Cetiosaurus 15 m
- Chaoyangsaurus 1.1 m
- Chungkingosaurus 4.3 m
- Coelurus 2.2 m
- Compsognathus 1 m
- Cryolophosaurus 6.3 m
- Cumnoria 3.8 m
- Dacentrurus 8 m
- Datousaurus 15 m
- Dicraeosaurus 13 m
- Dilophosaurus 6.5 m
- Dinheirosaurus 23 m
- Diplodocus 26 m
- Dryosaurus 3.3 m
- Duriatitan 18 m
- Echinodon 0.8 m
- Elaphrosaurus 5.9 m
- Emausaurus 2.3 m
- Eocursor 1.1 m
- Epidexipteryx 0.3 m
- Europasaurus 4.6 m
- Fruitadens 0.7 m
- Galeamopus 25 m
- Gargoyleosaurus 3.3 m
- Gasosaurus 3.8 m
- Gigantspinosaurus 4.3 m
- Giraffatitan 24 m
- Gongxianosaurus 14 m
- Guanlong 3.1 m
- Haplocanthosaurus 17 m
- Hesperosaurus 6 m
- Heterodontosaurus 1.1 m
- Huayangosaurus 4.3 m
- Hudiesaurus 30 m
- Janenschia 18 m
- Jobaria 20 m
- Kaatedocus 14 m
- Kentrosaurus 4.3 m
- Klamelisaurus 16 m
- Kulindadromeus 1.4 m
- Lamplughsaura 10 m
- Ledumahadi 11 m
- Lesothosaurus 1.5 m
- Lexovisaurus 5.5 m
- Limusaurus 1.6 m
- Losillasaurus 20 m
- Lourinhasaurus 17 m
- Lufengosaurus 7.5 m
- Lusotitan 23 m
- Lycorhinus 1.2 m
- Mamenchisaurus 23 m
- Marshosaurus 5 m
- Massospondylus 5 m
- Megalosaurus 8.5 m
- Miragaia 6.3 m
- Monolophosaurus 5.4 m
- Mussaurus 4.5 m
- Mymoorapelta 3 m
- Nanosaurus 1.8 m
- Omeisaurus 15 m
- Ornitholestes 2.1 m
- Owenodon 2 m
- Patagosaurus 17 m
- Pegomastax 0.6 m
- Piveteausaurus 9 m
- Proceratosaurus 3 m
- Qijianglong 15 m
- Sarcosaurus 3.3 m
- Scelidosaurus 3.8 m
- Scutellosaurus 1.4 m
- Shunosaurus 10 m
- Sinosaurus 5.3 m
- Sinraptor 7.4 m
- Spinophorosaurus 14 m
- Spinostropheus 4.2 m
- Stegosaurus 8 m
- Stokesosaurus 3.5 m
- Supersaurus 34 m
- Tanycolagreus 3.7 m
- Tazoudasaurus 10 m
- Tendaguria 19 m
- Tianyulong 0.8 m
- Tienshanosaurus 13 m
- Tornieria 25 m
- Torvosaurus 10 m
- Tuojiangosaurus 6.8 m
- Turiasaurus 30 m
- Vulcanodon 6.8 m
- Xinjiangtitan 28 m
- Yangchuanosaurus 9.3 m
- Yinlong 1.2 m
- Yunnanosaurus 7.5 m
- Zby 18 m